(En)Gendering Taiwan

Contributes to the rise and advancement of gender studies and activism in Taiwan
Adds to the overview of feminism or gender studies in the Chinese-speaking cultural realm
Brings together scholars in the fields of anthropology, religion, history, political science, literature, media, education, performing arts, sociology, and cultural studies

Autorentext

Ya-chen Chen is Associate Professor at China Medical University as well as a visiting scholar in Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University in the City of New York. Her academic books include The Many Dimensions of Chinese Feminism; Women in Chinese Martial Arts of the New Millennium: Narrative Analysis and Gender Politics; Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies: Beyond the Han Patriarchy; Higher Education in East Asia: Neoliberalism and Professoriate; Women in Taiwan: Sociocultural Perspectives; Farewell My Concubine: Same-Sex Readings and Cross-Cultural Dialogues.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. (En)Gendering Taiwan (Ya-chen chen).- Chapter 2. Indigenous Concepts of Marriage in 17th Century Sincan (Hsin-kang): Impressions Gathered from the Letters of the Dutch Ministers Georgius (Natalie Everts).- Chapter 3. Taiwanese Communist Feminist, Xie Xuehong: Li Ang's Literary Portrait of Xie Xuehong's Pre-1949 Feminist Activism in Taiwan (Ya-chen chen).- Chapter 4. The Only Thing Oriental about Me Is My Face: The True Picture of Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Daniel Palm).- Chapter 5. Cinematic Metaphors of Autumn Cicadas and Chilling Cicadas: The Way out of Legal Bottlenecks in Sex Appeal (Ya-chen chen).- Chapter 6. An Investigation of the Huangmei Opera Film Genre: The Audience's Perception of Ling Po's Male Impersonation (Yeong-Rury Chen).- Chapter 7. Factors Promoting Women's Participation in Taiwan's Politics (Cal Clark).- Chapter 8. Gendering of Academic in Taiwan: From Women's Studies to Gender Studies, 1985-2005 (Bih-Er Chou).- Chapter 9. From Women in Taiwan's TCM History to Recent Case Studies of Gender Practice under the Academic Glass Ceiling (Jaung-gong Lin).